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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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DIPHTHERIA.
This Table shows the Number of Deaths from Diphtheria in the several Districts in the Parish of Lambeth in each year for the last 20 years. Strangers deducted.
| Districts. | Year Mar. 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | '1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1979 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888| | 1889 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Road, 1st part | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| Waterloo Road, 2nd „ | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Lambeth Church, 1st ,, | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 17 | _ 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 7 | |
| Lambeth Church,2nd ., | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | ... | 5 | 4 | 8 | l6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 13 |
| Kennington, 1st part | 4 | 1 | I | 3 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 28 |
| Kennington, 2nd „ | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 23 |
| Brixton | * * * | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | l6 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 1 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 55 | 52 |
| Norwood | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1O | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| Totals | 19 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 47 | 46 | 27 | 42 | 63 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 43 | 58 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 102 | 103 | 155 |